The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-05-08
A ROYAL PEDIGREE.

There is part OF the pedigree In the
handwriting OF the present Earl of Cal ,
edon. an Irish peer, and sent by him to !
my brother in-law. an Alexander. a
kin to me by blood and marriage both.
When that paper first reached me my !
brother happened to walk by and asked ,
me who that was that wrote so much
like Gen. Poseys wife. And Sc it Is.
They write very much alike, and neither
one like any one else, certainly curl
Gus coincidence. Take the "Encyclo-
pedia Britannia" and compare the
Earl's paper and you see that the
founders of Alexandria came from a
clan or sept in Ireland that about the
years a. ID. 100 $50 furnished the over
king Tor we might say, emperor) OF
Ireland known i'll history as Tuathal,
surnamed Techtmar or The Legltl-
mate and founder of the Fenians. For
nearly 1000 years his seed ruled Ire
land or a part of it, until broken In |
power by the great King Brian Bor-
una. One OF his descendantS(a grand |
son, I think) was Con of the Hundred |
Battles from whom Connaught or
Cans Half takes its name. He mar
ried Aghna the daughter of the King
of Denmark. One of his successors
three Collas,' and one OF them Cola
Vas, had to fee to the Hehrides, and
from nlm sprung the clan NJ 4cdonald,
the lords of the Isles.' Later on John
IF I>lev, the best of ne Ma d0nalds,' so
harasSed the King of ScJtiand, a
StuaIJ, that ne was +s!aG to Ii IKE peace
l'py gIvIug MIN his SlsTer in marriage, so
that he might go on with MS war against
the English. Ohm Is referred to as him
that nid Tie stuart to wyffe, and the
t name of John Stuart Alexander sur
r wives in the American branch still. And
il is curious fact that one OF the des-
cendants IN this generation SO strongly
B, esembIes Mary, Queen of Scots, that
: portraits OF the latter are often sup
+ posed to be portraits of this. her living
but Centuries. distant, klnswonan.
t AN ELEMENT OF IMPRoBABILITY.
Thus you will see that with three
l. strains of royal blood in her veins,
:. pedigree eighteen centuries long, with
It ample wealth at command, and as the
!, widow of near kinsman of the chief o!
b this greatest of all republics. the lady
: might well hesitate on the score OF In
e equality of family, even though Genera
Pusey were a very respectable one. Thl:
q also makes the story of Washington anG
IL Posey's kinship altogether improbable
= she would not have married nea
e kinsman of her first husband, OF illegls
n. innate birth. We can comprehend tn
"a situation better by remembering that
ID the close of the Revolution crown wa
offered to Washington, and that amon
the Vlrginians there was as much prid
of birth and lineage as in England. Mrs.
n. Posey was, to the day of her death, a
as punctilious and ceremonious as an
of great lady and regularly every mornin
each of her numerous descendants !
~ the house had to go and bid her goo
Z, morning, and inquire the state OF ne
ne health, or she would be offended.
a. THE STORY EXPLAINED.
ne Have you any other probabiliti'
NJ against the story?"
at Eyes, and 1 think have Discovers
M the origin and foundation of all, tt
m law of myths and myth-making is no
lis az we'll known and understood as tt
OH law of srayitation. Part of the law
en- that every myth is based on fact.
On Gen. Posey had a son, John by b
I'D marriage with the daughter of &C
en- Sampson Mathews. Mrs. Thornton hs
it several children by Maj. George Thor
of ton. among them Lucy. who marie
to her step-brother, John Posey, and lie
ty, numerous descendants. She was
lily lovely in person and character that b
I'm name has spread through all branch
all of the family. Her descendants.
ch course, had in their veins their blood
led the Washingtons through the Thor
ny tons. As John Posey's marriage occu
OF red soon after his fathers second ma
he rage, his children were about the age
IS, the children of his fathers second ms
al: riage. Some OF them lived in Indian
est Their descent from the Washingtt
sy, family would, of course, be boasted, al
ties as the story has passed from mouth
Or mouth, and generation to generatio
St the older Posey has been confused Wi
)ve the Younger ones, and the relstionsh
hat misunderstood and misinterprete
ate Though it spoils the Shawneetown &C
Ills respondents story, this is no doubt t
np- fact"
he
the THE SEALED LETTER.
lao How about the sealed letter left
or Gen. Posey to be given to his wife af
ld- his death? Do you know its contents
en- No; nor could l learn anything
and them, but it referred, l have reason
CCA OSileVe from ulS lcbIcIS pIcfAOuoi u
cen distribution of his property SO as to p
and vent any disputes among his desceI
eer ants, as there had been some feel
er's among them about an equal division
;es. his life time. 1t is very improbable Il
God so brave, noble and honorable man
'uld Posey, an old-time Christian. wol
ing have deceived his. wife all his life q
nth confessed it after death"
his Here your interviewer was sho
ted, some passages of letter from Thon
he Posey to his son in-law, Joseph Mo
ave ford Street, regretting t, at he could
hat give him a certain PAIR of slaves, as
he had promised them to one Of his o
sons, but assured him that he coun
him among his children, and'intent
him and his wife to share equally "
Was them, and declaring that this disp
over his property had hurt his feellr
Mr.. Wilson continued:
nfs' This was written within few ye
,orn of the generals death, and as he left
,uu- will conclude the sealed letter was